In the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, Palestinians are struggling to uphold Eid al-Adha traditions as displacement, hunger, and soaring prices overshadow the Islamic holiday.
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Gaza’s Eid al-Adha celebrations shadowed by war, shortages and soaring prices
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Australian woman weighed fatal dose of mushrooms ahead of deadly lunch, prosecutors allege
Erin Patterson is charged with the murder of three of her ex-partner’s relatives and the attempted murder of a fourth.
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Video. D-Day veterans return to Normandy to honour the fallen 81 years on
Now mostly centenarians, they’ve come with a message they once risked everything for: freedom must be remembered and defended.
Among them is 101-year-old Wally King, paying tribute to the fallen at the Normandy American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach.
Fewer than two dozen veterans made the…
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WorldPride gathers in Washington as Trump rolls back LGBTQ rights
WASHINGTON — LGBTQ people from around the world gather in Washington this week for a parade, a political rally and cultural performances marking WorldPride to channel joy in sexual and gender diversity as well as outrage over the Trump…
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Pete Hegseth once scared America’s allies. Now he reassures them
TO SOME he embodies the “revenge of the field-grade officers”, the angry mid-ranking veterans who returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with loathing for the politicians and generals who sent them to fight losing wars. Pete Hegseth, a former…
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Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian air bases is a lesson for the West on its vulnerabilities
The targets were Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers and command-and-control aircraft, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The weapons were Ukrainian drones, each costing under $1,000 and…
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China issues arrest warrants for 20 Taiwanese accused of hacking missions
ADVERTISEMENTThe Chinese government issued arrest warrants for 20 Taiwanese citizens on Thursday that it alleges carried out hacking operations on the Chinese mainland on behalf of the island’s ruling party.
They also banned a Taiwanese company whose owners they described as “hardcore Taiwan…
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